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In September, the North and South Korean teams marched together at the Sydney Olympics. [55] Trade increased to the point where South Korea became North Korea's largest trading partner. [56] Starting in 1998, the Mount Kumgang Tourist Region was developed as a joint venture between the North Korean government and Hyundai. [57]
As the 1990s progressed, concern over the North's nuclear program became a major issue in north–south relations and between North Korea and the US. By 1998, South Korean President Kim Dae-jung announced a Sunshine Policy towards North Korea. This led in June 2000 to the first Inter-Korean summit, between Kim Dae-jung and Kim Jong Il. [48] In ...
In December 1998, the South Korean navy sank a North Korean semi-submersible in the Battle of Yeosu. In 2001, the Japanese Coast Guard sank a North Korean spy ship in the Battle of Amami-Ōshima. South Korea ceased sending "North Korea Demolition Agents" to raid the North in the early 2000s. [72] [112] Yeonpyeongdo under North Korean attack
North Korea, a nuclear-armed communist state that technically remains at war with the South, had said nothing for a week after the deeply unpopular Yoon, 63, plunged the East Asian democracy and ...
Even for a nation that has perfected the provocative, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s declaration that he would abandon the existential goal of reconciling with rival South Korea was a shock.
North Korea condemned on Saturday recent joint military drills by the United States, South Korea and Japan, warning that it would take immediate actions if needed to defend the state. Last week ...
North Korea and the Russian invasion of Ukraine refers to the role North Korea plays in the Russo-Ukrainian War. Since 2022, North Korea supported Russia by recognizing the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic and Lugansk People's Republic. In the fall of 2024, North Korea reportedly sent military personnel to Russia who went to war against Ukraine for Russia in Russian uniforms and under ...
SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea is getting ready to blow up roads that cross the heavily militarised border with South Korea, Seoul said on Monday, amid an escalating war of words after the North ...